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Writer Chinua Achebe Honored in Nigeria Funeral

OGIDI, Nigeria— Writer Chinua Achebe shunned Nigeria’s corrupt politicians and twice turned down national honors, never fearing to criticize those he felt ruined his country. On Thursday, however, the lawmakers and the country’s elite came to praise him. Hundreds attended Achebe’s funeral among the rolling hills of his eastern Nigeria home, a service that saw […]

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